Realizing the purchasing power of anchor institutions to support local businesses and in turn create jobs is the focus of this new report, Authored by Karp Resources, the report explores food procurement processes in anchor institutions, and identifies a range of strategies to more fully realize local purchasing power. The report recommends actions to support local minority-owned and small businesses, modifications to procurement processes, and outlines legislative opportunities to connect purchasing power to businesses in reinvestment areas. Many of the recommendations are applicable not...
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08/11/2020
A day after a deadly explosion leveled three homes in Northwest Baltimore, people from far-away counties and neighboring states arrived at the blast
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 09:30 to 11:30 AM
Supporting nonprofit organizational health by way of facilitating stronger partnerships between philanthropy and nonprofits is one of three priority actions that resulted from Maryland Philanthropy Network member conversations over the past year in our State of the Sector Workgroup. MPN members are invited to build on these conversations by joining this special program with Associated Black Charities and Baltimore area Black-focused nonprofit organizations around positive relationships in support of the organizational health of nonprofit organizations.
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View materials from "Arts Funders Sharing and Planning Session"
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:30 to 12:00 PM
Please join the Green Funders Affinity Group for a Legislative Debrief to understand outcomes of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly se
Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM
Please join the Housing Funders Affinity Group for a legislative debrief to understand outcomes of the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session around issues related to housing justice and homelessness
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Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
Join the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative for a Legislative Debrief to understand outcomes from the 2026 Marylan
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Monday, May 11, 2026 at 10:30 to 12:00 PM
Please join the Health Funders Affinity Group and the Behavioral Health Collaborative for a debrief on key policy and legislation rel
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06/06/2012
I recently attended a Living Cities Integration Initiative site visit to the Twin Cities for some cross-site learning, and saw how affective their collective impact approach is. Through the Corridors of Opportunity initiative, they are working to build and develop a world-class regional transit system focused on seven transit corridors at various stages of operation, construction and planning.
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03/03/2011
Mergers are common in the business world, but relatively rare in the nonprofit sector. That’s why I am intrigued by the story of Blue Water Baltimore.
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View Materials from Code Red for Humanity: Leadership & Actions around Climate Change in Maryland
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03/26/2012
Nationally, 22 percent of all foundation grants invest in quality private and public education, which makes education second only to health as a grantmaking area.
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03/21/2011
In spite of gains over the recent decades, inequities in income, employment, educational attainment, housing and business ownership rates persist between African-American and white communities at both the national and local levels.
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View Materials from Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting - March 2022
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View materials from "Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting - March 2020".
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View materials from "Education Legislative Wrap Up 2017"
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12/30/2014
Building off of a successful first round of work and through support from Living Cities, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Goldseker Foundation, the Baltimore Integration Partnership (BIP) launched 2.0 in 2014 to deepen anchor institution’s efforts to support area residents, businesses and communities.
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Program resource from "Family Philanthropy Roundtable: You Live Here, Your Foundation Lives There"
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View materials from "The Green Network Plan and Sustainability in Baltimore"
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View materials from "Foundations 101 and Maryland's Philanthropic Landscape".
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